A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.
At the end of the '90s and into 2000, electronic music was still an underground phenomenon, especially in America.
Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.
I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.
I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.
One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.
I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
I'm a producer for fun. I'm not a professional schooled musician or anything.
We would turn everything into songs in those days.
Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters.
My visuals are typically very powerful. The rhythm is fast. The cuts are fast.
I have never had another job and I don't have a mortgage.
Today it's not culture; it's box office.
The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting.
I always start a painting with the sky.
When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.
I would say that jazz is my own language.
When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.
I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.
Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me.
